William douglass woodward



(No Model.)

W. D. WOODWARD.

GAB. GOUPLING.

Patented Aug. 17, 1886.

No. 347,547.V

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orman.

WILLIAM DOUGLASS WOODWABD, OF PLATTSBURG, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIBDS TO ABNER L. ROBERTS AND MARTIN H. OBRIEN, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,547, dated August 17, 1886.

Application filed March 4, 1586.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM DoUGLAss WooDwARD, of Plattsburg, in the county of Clinton and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car-Couplings; and I hereby declare the following to be a full and clear description thereof.

`rIhis invention relates to certain new'and useful devices for lifting or manipulating the 1o link of a car-coupling so as to more readily cause it to engage with the draw-head,and,in combination with such link-lifter, there are certain other mechanisms, among which is a device for raising and lowering the coupling- :I5 pin, all of which said devices are hereinafter more fully explained, and which are fully illustrated by the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure lis an end elevation of a car prozo vided with my said improved coupling devices. Fig. 2 is a general plan of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail side elevation of the improved mechanisms. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail plan of the saine.

The principal parts of this improved mechanism are the lever A, the link-shifter B, the link-lifter O, and the lifting-rod D. The lever A is pivoted by pin a to the upper end of the link-shifter B, so as to allow the said lever an 3o up-anddown movement on said pivot-pin.

The position of this lever is in a horizontal plane, and itfis placed with its operating end or handle at or near the side of the car. The linkshifter B is an L-shaped piece of metal,

which is pivoted by arpivot-pin, b, to sonic attachment of the car, so as to permit it apendulons movement thereon, which said movement is in the direction of the length ofthe4 car. The arm of this piece which is pierced 4o for the pin b is placed in a vertical position, and its other arm is placed in a horizontal position, and itis pierced near its end with an aperture, b', th rough which the vertical arm of the link-lifter C passesloosely. The lower end of the link-lifter C terminates in a lateral arm, c, which is made long enough to extend out under the draw-head, and forms a lifter for the link, by means of which the link may be lifted up to an alignment with the aperture in the end'of the draw-head, so that alink may be raised up and entered into the drawhead without the necessity of a person going serial No. 194,002. (No model.)

between the cars. The lever A, the linkshifter B, and the link-lifter C are combined together, and all of them together allowed a swinging movement on the assembling-pivot b, so that by this combination and the combined movement of'these parts, by means of a lateral pressure or swing given to the operating lever A, the link-lifter bar c may be 6o moved from or toward the draw-head E, so

as to shift the link forward or backward,'as required, so as to present it fairly for entrance into the said draw-head. At the same time that this movement or shifting of the link occurs the lever A may be Iliade to raise or lower the lifter C, as required, for it to properly enter the draw-head. The lever A at its inner end is also attached to the coupling-pin F, so as to lift it out of or lower it into the 7o draw-head, as required. A lifting-rod, D, is mounted in bearings attached to the end of the car, and allowed a vertical motion therein, and its lower end is attached to the inner end of the lever A, and also to the top end of the coupling-pin, so that a person on the top of the car may seize the handle with which its upper end is provided, and thereby raise or lower the said rod, and with it the coupling-pin and link-lifter, as desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The lever A, the link-shifter B, and the link-lifter C, combined and arranged substantially as described. 4

2. The link-shifter B, pivoted at b to a stationary part of the car, so as to allow it a swinging motion in the direction of the length of the car, and its operating-lever A,attached 9o to its upper end, so as to give it, when required, a swinging movement on its said pivot, and its lower end engaged with a laterally-projecting link-lifter, so that by the operation of the actuating-lever the said link-shifter may be moved forward or backward, as desired, substantially as described and set forth.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM DOUGLASS WOODWARD.

Witnesses:

JOHN Rouse, GEORGE S. LADUc. 

